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Claude Code v2.1.285 ·

The plugin-authoring skill now goes by cc-plugin-plugin-authoring

The skill that ships with Claude Code for writing plugins was renamed from plugin-authoring to cc-plugin-plugin-authoring

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What

Claude Code comes with a built-in skill for writing plugins. A skill is a packaged set of instructions Claude can load when it is useful. That skill has been renamed from plugin-authoring to cc-plugin-plugin-authoring. The skill is the same; only its name is different.

Why

If you call this skill by name, or mention it by name in your own instructions or scripts, update the name to cc-plugin-plugin-authoring.

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